Summer Issue, 2012

“I am gratified to have this opportunity to return a small part of what I managed to reap with what my alma mater equipped me with during my undergraduate days.” Dr Gallant Ho 何耀棣博士 (BA 1965) Experiential learning is a fundamental and distinctive feature of HKU’s new undergraduate curriculum. It takes students into workplaces and other settings where they have direct encounters with the phenomena being studied. It is a powerful form of learning through which students develop an integrated and holistic understanding of the issues and the skills required to deal with them. Students learn how to engage in critical intellectual enquiry by putting textbook knowledge to the test, tackle novel situations and ill-defined problems, and become global citizens. Over 1,000 students a year will be benefitted Dr Gallant Ho has pledged a generous HK$33.3 million donation to establish the Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre to facilitate and promote experiential learning at HKU. The Centre will work with community partners, both in and outside Hong Kong, to identify projects for HKU students of different disciplines. Financial means and other forms of support will be provided to some 1,000 students a year for them to complete their experiential learning projects. http://ghelc.hku.hk An Impact on New Perspectives Giving in Focus 28